Eternal damnation is not a police matter.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
[To Huang] All you shrinks talk about is closure.
You can't rush Scheherazade.
[After Stabler tells Mrs. Colino that they found her husband's body, shot in 1971.]
CMrs. Colino
[To poker partners] Girls! I'm a widow!
OWOld woman
Congratulations. You want in this hand?
Well, for once, Catholic guilt's a good thing.
I thought we Jews had a corner on that market.
I'm the longest relationship you've ever had with a man. You've no idea how bad things can get when a couple goes south.
And 8 years in this unit tells me that I don't need to be married to know when an abusive man is escalating.
One divorce was enough for me. I don't know how you did it four times.
You gotta play to win.
So, are we okay?
I just need space to disagree with you so that I don't feel like it's going to cost me our partnership.
You never been gun-shy before.
Yeah, well, you know, things change.
Well, like you said, you're the longest relationship that I've ever had with a man. Who else would put up with me?
[After a rape victim that Ken brought in runs away.]
KKen
I blew it.
Fix it.
[Fin walks into an Edgar Allen Poe restaurant where the waiters are dressed in outlandish costumes.]
W1Waiter 1
We're a themed restaurant, sir.
W2Waiter 2
We dress up as Edgar Allen Poe characters. I'm the raven.
W1Waiter 1
And I'm the telltale heart!
[Flashes badge] And I'm the cop.
[Fin and Lake approach the dockyard to find Henry]
Any ships left yet today?
FForeman
[about a ship] No, she's the first one out.
Stop the lines.
FForeman
You nuts?! Why? [Lake flashes his badge] [over radio] Stop the lines.
[after Fin and Lake have arrested Henry]
Now, will there be a trial?
Count on it.
Televised?
You bet.
Look! Look. [the three look ahead; squad cars and the press approach] They're already here. Just for me.
Now you're really gonna be famous.
PPasserby
Yo. What're you doin'?
Given' the little boy a donut.
PPasserby
Why you wanna give the kid a donut?
Why you have a problem with us giving him a donut?
[Benson flashes her badge.]
PPasserby
Oh. All right. Cop's best friend.
When was the most recent burglary?
PPasserby
I don't know, like, the night before last. How come you guys don't know that?
We too busy eatin'.
[Discussing a speculation that a robber who broke into an apartment found what appears to be kiddie porn and forwarded it anonymously to the police]
Just because a guy makes a living breaking into other people's apartment, doesn't mean he likes kiddie porn.
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